The sun coming up 6 00 a. M. Its wednesday, august 28th. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Including special counsel jack smith trying to salvage the federal Election Interference case against donald trump. Filing a formal indictment against the former president. Were going to bring you excellent analysis in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump now says that he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign still needs to be resolved. And well have more details about that the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. That comes as israel launches a broad operation in the west bank with raids and air strikes in that territory. Im Jonathan Lemire along with u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie. Well be joined by Symone Sanderstownsend, and mike barnicle, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, you just saw her on way too early, ali vitali. Lo
And the concerns that he could still play spoiler. And breaking news, the fbi holds a briefing on the gunman who shot donald trump, revealing images of the weapons discovered and new details about what he was searching for online. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. Lets start in battleground georgia, the big kickoff for Kamala Harriss statewide swing, just a couple of hours away now. Nbcs mike memoli is in savannah. What are we expecting, mike . Reporter well, chris, the Vice President now on her way here to georgia, and the goal for the harris walz ticket is to take the energy, the Excitement We Saw in the arena in chicago and bring it to the battlegrounds into southeast georgia, part of a Battleground State where we havent seen much president ial activity. The stat of the day, chris, is this, there has not been a general election president ial Campaign Event for a democratic candidate in this part of the state since the mid90s. That just tells you th
Just hours ago. Reporter it is addressed to the nation, joe biden did not declare victory, but what we heard was essentially his victory speech, he talked about his plan to be covid and the plan to bring the nation together. Meanwhile President Trump focused on the lawsuits he hopes will bring them back into the race. As president ial election ballots continued to be counted key states, joe biden spoke friday night. We dont have a final declaration of victory yet, but the numbers tell us its clear, a clear and convincing story. We are going to win the race. Reporter he offered a message of unity. Its time for us to come together as a nation to heal, its not going to be easy. Reporter he has pulled ahead of President Trump into key states, pennsylvania and georgia, the former Vice President leads by just a few thousand votes in georgia. With a margin that fall there will likely be a recount in georgia. Reporter as soon as the democratic challenger pulled ahead pennsylvania friday mornin
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Result of arson fires. And coronavirus takes out the countrys Oldest Department store chain. Liquidation sale signs could be seen on lord taylor locations yesterday. The nearly 200yearold Company Announcing its declared bankruptcy. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 3rd. Thank you for joining us. Hope you had a good weekend. Lots of news to get to. Were beginning this half hour with the possible hurricane heading for landfall in North Carolina. Residents and President Trump has already approved a disaster declaration for parts of the state. Isaias is a Strong Tropical Storm and heading northnorthwest. Before its done it will bring as much as six inches of rain to North Carolina. Reporter josh chapin is there. Reporter beachgoers raving about the weekends weather even as a storm threatens this beach town again. For Tropical Storms, we have to look at the totality of impacts. Reporter New Hanover County Emergency Management is not yet calling for evacuations. For ea